Arafat calls for return to peace talks: "Ten years after the signing of historic peace accords whose goals were never achieved, Yasser Arafat said Saturday the Mideast conflict is facing its most difficult point since and he urged Israel to return to negotiations following its threat to exile him."

Angry Iraqis mourn deaths of officers: "Angry mourners swarmed this central Iraqi city Saturday, firing into the air, attacking journalists and cursing the American occupation as they followed the flag-draped coffins of eight Iraqi police killed in a friendly fire incident involving U.S. troops."

U.S. sees some Iraq contact with al-Qaida: "The Bush administration has evidence of some prewar Iraqi contacts and training with al-Qaida, based on prisoner interrogations, defector statements and documents collected in Iraq and Afghanistan, but no proof of joint terror operations, according to U.S. officials."

Powell: Gap On Iraq Narrowed: "But after conferring with fellow U.N. Security Council members in Geneva, Powell also said differences among them remain. He spurned a French proposal for Iraqis to take control in Iraq in a month. In a surprise, it was announced he would visit Iraq."

Fallujah Fumes Over Friendly Fire: "Angry mourners at a burial ceremony for victims of the incident peppered gunfire into the air and sneered at an American apology. One cleric urged the crowd to save its bullets for "the chests of the enemy." The U.S. says GIs were fired at first."

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